Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 331: The extremely terrifying gunpowder jar! (Thanks to Dan Weijun Gu (138) for the votes and support~)
Deyang County.

County Magistrate Fei Shi stood on the city wall, looking at the enemy troops that suddenly appeared in the distance, his face already pale with fear:
"Didn't the lord say that the enemy would not prioritize attacking Guanghan County?
"Why did the enemy suddenly appear here?"

General Deng Xian, one of the "Four Generals of Xichuan", comforted Fei Shi:
"Don't panic, magistrate. Although the enemy has 30,000 troops, we also have 15,000 defenders in our city.

“It won’t be easy for the enemy to capture Deyang City!
"We just need to send support to Guanghan County in the rear. Once the reinforcements from Guanghan arrive, the enemy will naturally have no choice but to retreat!"

After hearing this, Fei Shi, who had originally planned to surrender, calmed down a little.

He immediately ordered people to send a call for help to Guanghan County in the northwest.

Zhang Liao led the army to the foot of the city wall, with Lü Lingqi beside him and Zhao Yun next to Lü Lingqi.

Zhang Liao looked at this niece who was not related to him by blood, and asked with a smile:
"Ling'er, if I asked you to take over this city, what would be your first step?"

Lu Lingqi blinked her eyes, obviously not expecting that she would have to use her brain even after going to the front line.

She frowned in distress and looked at Zhao Yun for help.

However, Zhao Yun maintained his aloof personality and ignored his fiancée.

Lu Lingqi had no choice but to think hard:

"Father once said, attacking the city is inferior, attacking the heart is superior...

"Shouldn't we send someone who is good at speaking to try to persuade the defenders at this time?"

Zhang Liao stroked his beard and replied with a smile:

“Although judging from the enemy’s posture of being on high alert, they are unlikely to surrender, but it is not impossible to give it a try.

"If you were asked to choose one person to persuade, who would you choose?"

Lu Lingqi's gaze swept across the group of counselors and generals behind her, and finally fell on the more familiar military advisor General Liu Ye.

As the first top strategist to join them, Lu Lingqi naturally knew that Liu Ye was eloquent, so she smiled and said to him:
"Military Advisor Zi Yang, could you please go and persuade him?"

Liu Ye smiled happily:
"Of course there is no problem. But I want to tell you that the success rate of persuasion is no more than 20%.

"In this case, do you still want me to continue to persuade them?"

"Ah~ Only 20%? That's not going to convince you..."

Lu Lingqi pouted in dissatisfaction.

Zhang Liao looked at the girl meaningfully:

"So what choice should you make in this situation?"

Lu Lingqi asked with a guilty look on her face:

"Can't we just attack the city?"

“Of course you can, but a direct attack on the city will undoubtedly result in heavy casualties.

“If you are a commander, you must consider the lives of your soldiers.

“Of course they sacrificed their lives in exchange for military merit, but we also have to consider whether we have enough troops for future combat.

"Instead of just focusing on the war at hand!"

After listening to Zhang Liao's teachings, Lu Lingqi nodded thoughtfully.

Seeing Lu Lingqi lost in thought, Zhang Liao knew that she still needed time to digest what she had just learned, so he turned his head and looked at Liu Ye:
"Military Advisor Zi Yang, how do you think we can quickly capture this city?"

The corner of Liu Ye's mouth curled up into a cruel arc:

"Of course I used the gunpowder cans invented by my lord, combined with my Thunderbolt Chariot, to give the enemy a little shock!"

Zhang Liao laughed loudly, and immediately followed Liu Ye's idea and pushed a row of ten Thunderbolt Chariots into the projection range. Deng Xian on the tower saw this scene and sneered:
“I’ve heard of Lu Bu’s army’s Thunderbolt Chariots.

"It is indeed much more powerful than the regular catapult, but our army is not completely helpless!"

As he spoke, Deng Xian clapped his hands, and rows of large metal shields were set up in the gaps between the city piers.

In the back, thick wooden sticks were used to place the shield between the shield and the wall!

The joints between the shield and the wood are specially fixed, so even throwing stones cannot easily break these shields!

This is the response strategy proposed by the strategist Zhang Song, and this time it can be used to test its effectiveness in actual combat!
Zhang Liao, standing on the city wall, watched this scene with a slight smile on his face.

If it was still the same stone throwing as before, he would really need to worry about whether he could break the enemy's defense.

But now...

Zhang Liao raised the sickle in his hand, glanced at the gunpowder cans that had been loaded into the scoop, and dropped the blade fiercely!
"put--!"

As thunder sounds rang out, ten catapults launched dozens of gunpowder cans at the same time!
The sealed gunpowder jars looked like thrown wine jars, leaving Deng Xian on the city wall confused.

No, buddy, what do you mean by throwing these jars instead of stones?
Could it be that it is filled with stinky golden juice, and is intended to stink us to death?

Just as Deng Xian sneered inwardly, the first jar hit the large metal shield.

The moment the jar broke, the heat energy generated instantly ignited the black powder filled in the jar!

"Bam—!!"

Deng Xian only heard a deafening explosion, and the next moment, the large metal shield that was originally impenetrable by swords and guns was instantly blown into pieces!

Fragments of broken jars and shields flew everywhere.

When it fell on the soldier's face, it directly left wounds or embedded into the flesh!
If the current black gunpowder was not powerful enough, these fragments could cause even greater damage!

But even so, the power of the weapon that directly blew up the large metal shield still frightened Deng Xian so much that he ran away in fear!
The confidence that I had in defending the city was instantly shattered by these strange jars!

Boom boom boom——! !

Dozens of cans, half of which hit the city walls or large metal shields.

In an instant, there were continuous explosions, and flames and black smoke were constantly intertwined!

The reason why black powder is called black powder is that it produces enough black smoke during its combustion process.

Moreover, these black smoke are poisonous. If inhaled excessively, it is likely to cause pulmonary edema!
This caused the soldiers to have difficulty breathing, cough constantly, and trigger a series of complications.

Severe cases may even directly threaten life!

Just one round of bombardment with gunpowder cans caused screams from the people on the city wall.

Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun and others below looked at the terrifying power of the gunpowder jar and finally understood why the Duke of Chu wanted to strictly control this thing.

The power of this thing has far exceeded that of traditional cold weapons!

No wonder Lord Chu called it a "hot weapon"... This thing has seriously disrupted the current battlefield situation and balance!

Mastering this thing is like mastering the way to crush traditional warfare!
What on earth is Lord Chu's brain made of? Why could he come up with such a horrible thing?!
Not only the generals of both sides were surprised, but also the soldiers of each side.

The soldiers on Zhang Liao's side were all shocked to see that just a few dozen jars could create an effect that previously required thousands of lives!

If all future wars are like this, then what is the point of fighting them?
Zhang Liao's soldiers were just thankful that this horrible thing belonged to their camp.

And the only thing left in the hearts of the enemy soldiers was despair!

(End of this chapter)